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Megalopidae
Family of fishes
Megalopidae is an ancient family of ray-finned fish, one of two living members of the order Elopiformes. It contains a single living genus (Megalops, the tarpons) with two species, and several extinct genera dating back to the Early Cretaceous.
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They likely diverged from their closest relatives, the Elopidae, during the Late Jurassic. The following genera belong to this family:
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